Last week we got to see a surprisingly good race with comers and goers, although mostly the one coming to the front was the eventual winner Ryan Blaney as he clinched his spot into the Round of 8. Next up, we go from a Small Northeast track to an Intermediate Midwest track, Kansas. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Kansas Speedway ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position in the Next Gen era. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Kansas.
| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led | S1 Fin | S2 Fin | Driver Rating |
| 1 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 267 | 221 | 1st | 1st | 149.7 |
| 2 | 3 | Christopher Bell | 267 | 3 | 3rd | 5th | 118.7 |
| 3 | 10 | Ryan Blaney | 267 | 0 | 4th | 3rd | 114.0 |
| 4 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 267 | 0 | 17th | 17th | 83.5 |
| 5 | 21 | Alex Bowman | 267 | 2 | 6th | 7th | 104.6 |
| 6 | 38 | Josh Berry | 267 | 0 | 12th | 4th | 97.1 |
| 7 | 30 | Ryan Preece | 267 | 0 | 8th | 10th | 99.0 |
| 8 | 2 | Chris Buescher | 267 | 0 | 11th | 13th | 93.6 |
| 9 | 5 | Joey Logano | 267 | 1 | 9th | 12th | 89.2 |
| 10 | 17 | John Hunter Nemechek | 267 | 0 | 30th | 27th | 65.0 |
| 11 | 13 | Austin Cindric | 267 | 0 | 5th | 22nd | 87.8 |
| 12 | 23 | Todd Gilliland | 267 | 0 | 22nd | 20th | 63.2 |
| 13 | 28 | Corey Heim | 267 | 0 | 32nd | 23rd | 59.5 |
| 14 | 24 | Noah Gragson | 267 | 0 | 16th | 19th | 69.7 |
| 15 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 267 | 29 | 2nd | 2nd | 104.0 |
| 16 | 18 | Zane Smith | 267 | 0 | 10th | 9th | 79.4 |
| 17 | 4 | Tyler Reddick | 267 | 0 | 19th | 16th | 69.0 |
| 18 | 26 | Ross Chastain | 267 | 0 | 18th | 18th | 61.1 |
| 19 | 27 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 267 | 0 | 33rd | 29th | 51.3 |
| 20 | 34 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 267 | 0 | 27th | 31st | 42.2 |
| 21 | 35 | Kyle Busch | 266 | 1 | 13th | 11th | 69.3 |
| 22 | 20 | Austin Dillon | 266 | 0 | 21st | 21st | 51.7 |
| 23 | 11 | Michael McDowell | 266 | 0 | 24th | 28th | 53.5 |
| 24 | 7 | William Byron | 266 | 0 | 26th | 30th | 88.2 |
| 25 | 31 | Cole Custer | 265 | 0 | 28th | 32nd | 37.5 |
| 26 | 22 | Carson Hocevar | 265 | 4 | 20th | 14th | 65.3 |
| 27 | 25 | Riley Herbst | 265 | 0 | 37th | 34th | 43.7 |
| 28 | 6 | Ty Gibbs | 264 | 0 | 29th | 36th | 43.6 |
| 29 | 32 | Jesse Love | 264 | 0 | 35th | 33rd | 36.2 |
| 30 | 37 | Cody Ware | 261 | 0 | 36th | 37th | 29.2 |
| 31 | 12 | Justin Haley | 255 | 0 | 15th | 15th | 51.2 |
| 32 | 16 | Erik Jones | 218 | 0 | 25th | 24th | 42.0 |
| 33 | 15 | Bubba Wallace | 212 | 0 | 31st | 25th | 60.2 |
| 34 | 8 | Daniel Suarez | 201 | 0 | 23rd | 26th | 44.9 |
| 35 | 29 | Ty Dillon | 197 | 4 | 34th | 35th | 37.4 |
| 36 | 14 | Denny Hamlin | 196 | 2 | 7th | 8th | 76.5 |
| 37 | 36 | Brad Keselowski | 194 | 0 | 14th | 6th | 74.0 |
| 38 | 33 | A.J. Allmendinger | 6 | 0 | 38th | 38th | 23.2 |
– Look for Playoff drivers to be up front at the finish this weekend as the entire Top 4 this Spring was current Playoff drivers, but it may not be just them up front as only 5 of the Top 10 were current Playoff drivers.
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Chase Elliott | 10.37 | 1st | 31st | 19 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 12.30 | 1st | 43rd | 33 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | 12.36 | 2nd | 36th | 11 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 12.43 | 1st | 39th | 21 |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | 12.88 | 1st | 41st | 34 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 13.32 | 1st | 38th | 31 |
| 7 | Jimmie Johnson | 13.42 | 1st | 40th | 31 |
| 8 | Alex Bowman | 14.16 | 2nd | 43rd | 19 |
| 9 | William Byron | 14.53 | 2nd | 38th | 15 |
| 10 | Ryan Blaney | 14.76 | 3rd | 37th | 21 |
| 11 | Kyle Busch | 15.89 | 1st | 41st | 35 |
| 12 | Joey Logano | 16.56 | 1st | 39th | 32 |
| 13 | Ross Chastain | 16.92 | 1st | 39th | 13 |
| 14 | Chris Buescher | 17.00 | 2nd | 34th | 19 |
| 15 | Austin Dillon | 17.08 | 6th | 41st | 24 |
| 16 | Corey Heim | 17.50 | 13th | 22nd | 2 |
| 17 | Noah Gragson | 17.67 | 9th | 29th | 6 |
| 18 | Tyler Reddick | 17.75 | 1st | 35th | 12 |
| 19 | John Hunter Nemechek | 17.80 | 10th | 30th | 5 |
| 20 | Zane Smith | 18.33 | 10th | 29th | 3 |
| 21 | Cole Custer | 19.50 | 7th | 25th | 8 |
| 22 | Chase Briscoe | 19.56 | 4th | 32nd | 9 |
| 23 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 19.96 | 8th | 40th | 25 |
| 24 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 20.00 | 20th | 20th | 1 |
| 25 | Erik Jones | 20.53 | 3rd | 40th | 17 |
| 26 | Josh Berry | 21.00 | 6th | 38th | 4 |
| 27 | Daniel Suarez | 21.18 | 7th | 36th | 17 |
| 28 | Todd Gilliland | 21.43 | 12th | 27th | 7 |
| 29 | Bubba Wallace | 21.47 | 1st | 37th | 6 |
| 30 | A.J. Allmendinger | 21.62 | 8th | 38th | 5 |
| 31 | Ryan Preece | 22.64 | 7th | 34th | 10 |
| 32 | Casey Mears | 22.95 | 2nd | 42nd | 16 |
| 33 | Ty Dillon | 23.60 | 14th | 38th | 3 |
| 34 | Austin Cindric | 23.63 | 11th | 37th | 7 |
| 35 | Ty Gibbs | 24.50 | 5th | 34th | 3 |
| 36 | Corey LaJoie | 24.56 | 15th | 34th | 8 |
| 37 | Carson Hocevar | 25.50 | 20th | 32nd | 27 |
| 38 | Michael McDowell | 26.75 | 10th | 43rd | 2 |
| 39 | Justin Haley | 27.11 | 18th | 39th | 7 |
| 40 | Brennan Poole | 28.67 | 28th | 30th | 1 |
| 41 | Jesse Love | 29.00 | 29th | 29th | 22 |
| 42 | Anthony Alfredo | 30.50 | 23rd | 38th | 8 |
| T43 | Derek Kraus | 31.00 | 31st | 31st | 1 |
| T43 | Riley Herbst | 31.00 | 27th | 35th | 2 |
| 45 | Josh Bilicki | 32.71 | 25th | 39th | 7 |
| T46 | Cody Ware | 33.00 | 27th | 40th | 6 |
| T46 | Austin Hill | 33.00 | 33rd | 33rd | 1 |
| 48 | J.J. Yeley | 33.09 | 14th | 43rd | 22 |
| 49 | B.J. McLeod | 33.13 | 30th | 39th | 8 |
| 50 | Timmy Hill | 33.83 | 22nd | 40th | 12 |
| 51 | David Starr | 34.00 | 34th | 34th | 1 |
| 52 | Justin Allgaier | 34.40 | 26th | 41st | 5 |
| 53 | Joey Gase | 35.30 | 29th | 38th | 10 |
| 54 | Chad Finchum | 39.50 | 39th | 40th | 2 |
| 55 | Ryan Truex | 43.00 | 43rd | 43rd | 1 |
– It’s no secret Hendrick Motorsports hasn’t been on top of their game the last couple of races, but that could change this weekend as all 4 of their drivers are Top 9 in the table above.
| Best Active Kansas Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Active Kansas Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 103.70 | 21 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 80.20 | 11 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 99.17 | 33 | 2 | Ryan Blaney | 79.73 | 21 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | 98.22 | 11 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 78.31 | 19 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 96.83 | 19 | 4 | Kyle Larson | 76.98 | 21 |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | 95.29 | 34 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 73.45 | 33 |
| 6 | Ryan Blaney | 95.13 | 21 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 72.62 | 34 |
| 7 | Jimmie Johnson | 94.54 | 28 | 7 | Kyle Busch | 68.92 | 34 |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 91.29 | 34 | 8 | Jimmie Johnson | 67.95 | 28 |
| 9 | William Byron | 89.51 | 15 | 9 | Brad Keselowski | 66.72 | 31 |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski | 89.27 | 31 | 10 | Tyler Reddick | 66.70 | 12 |
Look out for Chase Elliott to run well this weekend as he is the only driver that is in both tables above and both tables below. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 16.41 | 21 | T1 | Zane Smith | 100 | 3 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 10.38 | 33 | T1 | Corey Heim | 100 | 2 |
| 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 7.29 | 31 | T1 | Derek Kraus | 100 | 1 |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | 6.70 | 11 | T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 100 | 1 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 6.00 | 32 | 5 | John Hunter Nemechek | 99.93 | 5 |
| 6 | Denny Hamlin | 5.75 | 34 | 6 | Carson Hocevar | 99.81 | 4 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 5.46 | 19 | 7 | Todd Gilliland | 99.79 | 7 |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 4.97 | 35 | 8 | Cole Custer | 99.77 | 8 |
| 9 | Brad Keselowski | 4.28 | 31 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 99.71 | 19 |
| T10 | Austin Hill | 99.63 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | William Byron | 3.98 | 15 | T10 | Chase Briscoe | 99.63 | 9 |
| T10 | Noah Gragson | 99.63 | 6 | ||||
| Most Active Kansas Starts | Most Active Kansas Poles | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 35 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 4 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 34 | 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 |
| 3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 33 | T3 | Joey Logano | 2 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 32 | T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 |
| T5 | Brad Keselowski | 31 | T5 | Tyler Reddick | 1 |
| T5 | Jimmie Johnson | 31 | T5 | William Byron | 1 |
| 7 | Michael McDowell | 28 | T5 | A.J. Allmendinger | 1 |
| 8 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 25 | T5 | Kyle Larson | 1 |
| 9 | Austin Dillon | 24 | T5 | Ryan Blaney | 1 |
| 10 | J.J. Yeley | 22 | T5 | Brad Keselowski | 1 |
– Christopher Bell has been fast at Kansas as he has more Poles than any other active driver, but as you can see in the table below he’s yet to get a race win here.
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 4 | 11.76 | T5 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 5.71 |
| T2 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 14.29 | T8 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 8.33 |
| T2 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 | 9.68 | T8 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 7.69 |
| T2 | Joey Logano | 3 | 9.38 | T8 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 6.67 |
| T5 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 6.45 | T8 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 5.26 |
| T5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 6.06 |
| Most Active Kansas Top 3’s | Best Active Kansas Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| T1 | Jimmie Johnson | 8 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 33.33 | 7 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 8 | 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 25.81 | 8 |
| T3 | Kyle Larson | 7 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 23.53 | 8 |
| T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 7 | 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 21.21 | 7 |
| T5 | Brad Keselowski | 6 | 5 | Chase Elliott | 21.05 | 4 |
| T5 | Kyle Busch | 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 19.35 | 6 |
| 7 | Joey Logano | 5 | 7 | Christopher Bell | 18.18 | 2 |
| 8 | Chase Elliott | 4 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 17.14 | 6 |
| T9 | Christopher Bell | 2 | ||||
| T9 | William Byron | 2 | 9 | Joey Logano | 15.63 | 5 |
| T9 | Erik Jones | 2 | ||||
| T9 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 10 | William Byron | 13.33 | 2 |
| T9 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | ||||
– With a Top 3 finish this weekend Denny Hamlin would then have the most Top 3 finishes at Kansas among active drivers, but without one then Kyle Larson could tie him and 7x for the most Top 3 finishes here among active drivers.
| Most Active Kansas Top 5’s | Best Active Kansas Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 14 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 42.86 | 9 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 12 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 41.18 | 14 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 10 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 36.84 | 7 |
| T4 | Kyle Larson | 9 | 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 36.36 | 12 |
| T4 | Jimmie Johnson | 9 | 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 29.03 | 9 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 9 | 6 | Kyle Busch | 28.57 | 10 |
| T7 | Chase Elliott | 7 | 7 | Joey Logano | 28.13 | 9 |
| T7 | Brad Keselowski | 7 | 8 | Christopher Bell | 27.27 | 3 |
| 9 | Ryan Blaney | 5 | 9 | Ryan Blaney | 23.81 | 5 |
| T10 | Erik Jones | 4 | 10 | Erik Jones | 23.53 | 4 |
| T10 | Alex Bowman | 4 | ||||
– You can pretty much bet on a Top 5 or bust for Denny Hamlin this weekend as in his 32 starts he has 14 Top 5’s, making him 2nd in Top 5% above. However, he only has 16 Top 10’s, making him just 8th in Top 10% below.
| Most Active Kansas Top 10’s | Best Active Kansas Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| T1 | Jimmie Johnson | 19 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 72.73 | 8 |
| T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 19 | 2 | Chase Elliott | 63.16 | 12 |
| T3 | Denny Hamlin | 16 | 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 61.29 | 19 |
| T3 | Kyle Busch | 16 | 4 | Alex Bowman | 57.89 | 11 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 14 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 57.58 | 19 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 13 | 6 | Kyle Larson | 57.14 | 12 |
| T7 | Chase Elliott | 12 | 7 | William Byron | 53.33 | 8 |
| T7 | Kyle Larson | 12 | 8 | Denny Hamlin | 47.06 | 16 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman | 11 | 9 | Kyle Busch | 45.71 | 16 |
| 10 | Ryan Blaney | 9 | 10 | Brad Keselowski | 45.16 | 14 |
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 6 | 20.00 | T5 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 5.88 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 14.71 | T5 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 5.88 |
| T2 | Kyle Busch | 5 | 14.71 | T5 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 5.88 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 3 | 8.82 | T10 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 4.55 |
| T5 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 7.14 | T10 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 2.94 |
| T5 | William Byron | 2 | 6.67 |
– With his 2 Stage Wins in the Spring Kansas race this year Kyle Larson went from 3rd in the table above all the way to the top with the most Stage Wins among active drivers here.
| Most Active Kansas Stage T10’s | Best Active Kansas Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | 27 | 1 | Ryan Blaney | 79.41 | 27 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 26 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 76.47 | 26 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 25 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 73.53 | 25 |
| 4 | Kyle Busch | 23 | 4 | Kyle Busch | 67.65 | 23 |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 20 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 66.67 | 20 |
| 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 19 | 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 59.38 | 19 |
| 7 | Joey Logano | 16 | T7 | Alex Bowman | 50.00 | 14 |
| T8 | Erik Jones | 15 | T7 | Christopher Bell | 50.00 | 11 |
| T8 | Brad Keselowski | 15 | 9 | Joey Logano | 47.06 | 16 |
| 10 | Alex Bowman | 14 | 10 | Erik Jones | 46.88 | 15 |
Look for Ryan Blaney and Denny Hamlin to be in the Top 10 at the end of Stage 1 and/or 2 this weekend as they both have a Stage T10% of 75% or better. Photo by Jamie Squire — Getty Images
| Most Active Kansas Starts without Win | Most Active Kansas Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 28 | 1 | Kyle Busch | 35 |
| 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 25 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 34 |
| 3 | Austin Dillon | 24 | 3 | Michael McDowell | 28 |
| 4 | J.J. Yeley | 22 | 4 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 25 |
| T5 | A.J. Allmendinger | 21 | 5 | Austin Dillon | 24 |
| T5 | Ryan Blaney | 21 | 6 | J.J. Yeley | 22 |
| 7 | Casey Mears | 20 | 7 | Casey Mears | 20 |
| T8 | Alex Bowman | 19 | T8 | Alex Bowman | 19 |
| T8 | Chris Buescher | 19 | T8 | Chase Elliott | 19 |
| T10 | Daniel Suarez | 17 | T8 | Chris Buescher | 19 |
| T10 | Erik Jones | 17 | |||
– Despite having the most Wins here at Kansas Denny Hamlin has not been able to even win one Pole in 34 career starts here.
| Most Active Kansas Starts without Top 3 | Most Active Kansas Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 28 | 1 | Michael McDowell | 28 |
| 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 25 | 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 25 |
| 3 | Austin Dillon | 24 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 24 |
| 4 | J.J. Yeley | 22 | 4 | J.J. Yeley | 22 |
| 5 | A.J. Allmendinger | 21 | 5 | A.J. Allmendinger | 21 |
– If you’re looking for drivers not to do well this weekend, look no further than the tables above as the same 5 drivers are in both tables.
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | J.J. Yeley | 22 |
| 2 | Corey LaJoie | 16 |
| 3 | Ty Dillon | 15 |
| 4 | Timmy Hill | 12 |
| 5 | Joey Gase | 10 |
Poor J.J. Yeley has not faired well in his 22 Kansas starts as he is the only driver that is on every “without” list above. Photo by Matt Sullivan — Getty Images
| Most Active Kansas Stages without Stage Win | Most Active Kansas Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | Austin Dillon | 34 | 1 | Corey LaJoie | 32 |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 34 | T2 | J.J. Yeley | 18 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 34 | T2 | Justin Haley | 18 |
| T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 34 | T4 | B.J. McLeod | 16 |
| T5 | Corey LaJoie | 32 | T4 | Cole Custer | 16 |
| T5 | Erik Jones | 32 | T6 | Josh Bilicki | 14 |
| T5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 32 | T6 | Timmy Hill | 14 |
| 8 | Bubba Wallace | 30 | T6 | Todd Gilliland | 14 |
| 9 | Ty Dillon | 28 | T9 | Cody Ware | 12 |
| 10 | Ross Chastain | 26 | T9 | Joey Gase | 12 |
– There are 11 drivers to start every race here with stages and 4 out of the 11 have never won a stage here.
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Ryan Blaney | 2 | Top 5’s | Chase Elliott | 3 | Stage T10’s |
| Alex Bowman | 4 | Top 10’s | Christopher Bell | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Christopher Bell | 4 | Top 10’s | Denny Hamlin | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Kyle Larson | 2 | Stage Wins | Ryan Preece | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Alex Bowman | 5 | Stage T10’s | Zane Smith | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Ryan Blaney | 4 | Stage T10’s |
– With a Stage 1 victory this weekend Kyle Larson would become the first driver to ever win 3 straight stages at Kansas.
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2025-12 | 82.77 | Kyle Larson | 1st | 6 | 2023-12 | 31.84 | Kyle Larson | 2nd |
| 2 | 2024-30 | 45.69 | Christopher Bell | 7th | 7 | 2023-12 | 29.59 | Martin Truex Jr. | 8th |
| 3 | 2022-13 | 43.45 | Kurt Busch | 1st | 8 | 2024-12 | 26.49 | Denny Hamlin | 5th |
| 4 | 2022-28 | 40.07 | Alex Bowman | 4th | T9 | 2023-28 | 23.51 | Denny Hamlin | 2nd |
| 5 | 2023-28 | 36.94 | Kyle Larson | 4th | T9 | 2024-12 | 23.51 | Kyle Larson | 1st |
– Kyle Larson in the Spring Kansas race this year was pure domination as he is 1st in the Laps Led% table above by almost 40% and is 1st in the Driver Rating table below by over 10 points.
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2025-12 | Kyle Larson | 149.7 | 1st | 6 | 2022-28 | Alex Bowman | 128.2 | 4th |
| 2 | 2022-13 | Kurt Busch | 137.2 | 1st | 7 | 2023-28 | Denny Hamlin | 126.2 | 2nd |
| 3 | 2023-12 | Denny Hamlin | 136.1 | 1st | 8 | 2023-28 | Tyler Reddick | 126.1 | 1st |
| 4 | 2024-12 | Kyle Larson | 134.7 | 1st | 9 | 2022-28 | Bubba Wallace | 125.9 | 1st |
| 5 | 2024-30 | William Byron | 128.5 | 2nd | 10 | 2024-12 | Denny Hamlin | 124.6 | 5th |
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| T1 | 2024-12 | Kyle Larson | 100 | 1st | T5 | 2023-28 | Denny Hamlin | 99.63 | 2nd |
| T1 | 2025-12 | Kyle Larson | 100 | 1st | T5 | 2023-28 | Chase Elliott | 99.63 | 6th |
| T1 | 2025-12 | Christopher Bell | 100 | 2nd | 8 | 2022-13 | Kurt Busch | 99.25 | 1st |
| T1 | 2025-12 | Ryan Blaney | 100 | 3rd | T9 | 2023-12 | Denny Hamlin | 98.88 | 1st |
| T5 | 2022-28 | Christopher Bell | 99.63 | 3rd | T9 | 2023-12 | Martin Truex Jr. | 98.88 | 8th |
With this finish at Kansas in the Spring 2024 race Kyle Larson became the first driver to run every lap in the Top 15 at Kansas in the Next Gen car. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images
| Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-38) |
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-38) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| 1 | 5th | 7.00 | T1 | 16th | 29.43 |
| 2 | 1st | 9.29 | T1 | 31st | 29.43 |
| 3 | 4th | 10.14 | 3 | 29th | 28.86 |
| 4 | 3rd | 11.00 | 4 | 33rd | 27.29 |
| 5 | 9th | 12.00 | T5 | 34th | 27.00 |
| T6 | 2nd | 12.14 | T5 | 37th | 27.00 |
| T6 | 6th | 12.14 | 7 | 32nd | 26.57 |
| 8 | 13th | 14.14 | 8 | 36th | 24.71 |
| 9 | 17th | 14.86 | 9 | 22nd | 23.43 |
| 10 | 8th | 15.29 | 10 | 35th | 23.14 |
– With 7 races under the Next Gen car at Kansas it seems safe to say that starting position matters a good bit here.
| Best Next Gen Kansas Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Next Gen Kansas Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Kurt Busch | 137.20 | 1 | 1 | Kurt Busch | 99.25 | 1 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 111.41 | 7 | 2 | Christopher Bell | 88.19 | 7 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 108.29 | 7 | 3 | Ryan Blaney | 82.74 | 7 |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | 107.34 | 7 | 4 | Kyle Larson | 82.15 | 7 |
| 5 | Alex Bowman | 98.43 | 6 | 5 | Denny Hamlin | 80.76 | 7 |
| 6 | Ryan Blaney | 95.23 | 7 | 6 | Alex Bowman | 80.42 | 6 |
| 7 | Martin Truex Jr. | 93.82 | 6 | 7 | Chase Elliott | 78.83 | 7 |
| 8 | William Byron | 93.80 | 7 | 8 | Ross Chastain | 74.77 | 7 |
| 9 | Ross Chastain | 92.49 | 7 | 9 | Martin Truex Jr. | 74.31 | 6 |
| 10 | Tyler Reddick | 91.46 | 7 | 10 | Kyle Busch | 66.86 | 7 |
– Since Kurt Busch only ran one Next Gen race at Kansas, and in that race he was fantastic, his records in the tables above and below are likely never to be broken, until I decide one race is not enough to qualify for the starts anymore lol.
| Best Next Gen Kansas Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen Kansas Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Kurt Busch | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | Kurt Busch | 43.45 | 1 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 6.29 | 7 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 26.56 | 7 |
| 3 | Alex Bowman | 6.83 | 6 | 3 | Christopher Bell | 10.53 | 7 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 8.29 | 7 | 4 | Denny Hamlin | 9.14 | 7 |
| 5 | Christopher Bell | 9.57 | 7 | 5 | Alex Bowman | 7.17 | 6 |
| 6 | Ryan Blaney | 9.71 | 7 | 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 6.73 | 6 |
| 7 | Ross Chastain | 10.00 | 7 | 7 | Ross Chastain | 5.45 | 7 |
| 8 | Martin Truex Jr. | 10.33 | 6 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | 5.40 | 7 |
| 9 | Chase Elliott | 11.43 | 7 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 4.86 | 7 |
| 10 | William Byron | 12.71 | 7 | 10 | Bubba Wallace | 3.74 | 7 |
| Next Gen Kansas Win List | Next Gen Kansas Pole List | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 28.57 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 4 |
| T2 | Kurt Busch | 1 | 100 | T2 | Kyle Larson | 1 |
| T2 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 14.29 | T2 | Tyler Reddick | 1 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 14.29 | |||
| T2 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 14.29 | T2 | William Byron | 1 |
| T2 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 14.29 | |||
Christopher Bell has been very fast at Kansas in the Next Gen car as he has won 4 of the 7 Poles here, but he’s yet to get a victory in a race. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 57.14 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 42.86 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 28.57 |
| T4 | William Byron | 2 | 28.57 |
| T4 | Kurt Busch | 1 | 100 |
| T4 | Erik Jones | 1 | 16.67 |
| T4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 16.67 |
| T4 | 7 drivers tied | 1 | 14.29 |
– Kyle Larson has figured out the Next Gen car at Kansas better than anyone as he’s finished 4 of the 7 races in the Top 3.
| Most Next Gen Kansas Top 5’s | Most Next Gen Kansas Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 71.43 | T1 | Alex Bowman | 6 | 100 |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 71.43 | T1 | Christopher Bell | 6 | 85.71 |
| T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 3 | 50.00 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 6 | 85.71 |
| T3 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 42.86 | T1 | Kyle Larson | 6 | 85.71 |
| T5 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 33.33 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 5 | 83.33 |
| T5 | Bubba Wallace | 2 | 28.57 | T6 | Chase Elliott | 4 | 57.14 |
| T5 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 28.57 | T6 | Ross Chastain | 4 | 57.14 |
| T5 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 28.57 | T8 | Bubba Wallace | 3 | 42.86 |
| T5 | William Byron | 2 | 28.57 | T8 | Joey Logano | 3 | 42.86 |
| T10 | Kurt Busch | 1 | 100 | T8 | Kyle Busch | 3 | 42.86 |
| T10 | Erik Jones | 1 | 16.67 | T8 | Ryan Blaney | 3 | 42.86 |
| T10 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 16.67 | T8 | William Byron | 3 | 42.86 |
| T10 | 6 drivers tied with same % | 1 | 14.29 | ||||
Watch out for Alex Bowman to do well this weekend as he is the only drivers with multiple Next Gen starts here to finish 100% of his races in the Top 10. Photo by Jay Biggerstaff — Getty Images
| Most Next Gen Kansas Stage Wins | Most Next Gen Kansas Stage T10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Stage T10% |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 21.43 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | 78.57 |
| T2 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 16.67 | T1 | Ryan Blaney | 11 | 78.57 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 14.29 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 10 | 71.43 |
| T4 | Kurt Busch | 1 | 50.00 | T4 | Christopher Bell | 9 | 64.29 |
| T4 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 7.14 | T4 | Kyle Larson | 9 | 64.29 |
| T4 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 7.14 | 6 | Ross Chastain | 8 | 57.14 |
| T4 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 7.14 | T7 | Alex Bowman | 7 | 58.33 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 1 | 7.14 | T7 | Martin Truex Jr. | 7 | 58.33 |
| T4 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 7.14 | T7 | Joey Logano | 7 | 50.00 |
| T4 | William Byron | 1 | 7.14 | T10 | Bubba Wallace | 6 | 42.86 |
| T10 | Kyle Busch | 6 | 42.86 | ||||
– Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney not only have the most Stage T10’s in a Next Gen car at Kansas, they also have the best Stage T10% of any driver as well.